Location: Singapore/Indonesia/Thailand
Job Purpose
We are seeking a Commercial Engineer (Bids and Tenders) who will play a critical role in securing new business opportunities by managing the entire tendering process for complex data centre projects. This includes technical and commercial bid preparation, cost estimation, risk analysis, and compliance with client and regulatory requirements.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Remain up to date with the Company’s health, safety, and environmental statistics relative to industry benchmarks to demonstrate our credibility and influence current/prospective clients, as well as incorporate safety within tender processes.
- Work with the Senior management to analyse client RFQs, RFPs, and tender documents and convert winning opportunities into profitable contracts, in line with business strategy.
- Use expertise, market intelligence, customer knowledge and influence to prepare a bid-winning strategy that differentiates DPI from our competition.
- Ownership of assigned bids and, where necessary, early engagement involving supply chain stakeholders to meet timescales. Ensuring proposals meet client requirements, internal governance and industry regulations, conducting risk assessments.
- Provide strong technical and commercial acumen with the ability to develop detailed cost estimates, pricing strategies and cash flow forecasts.
- Identify cost-saving opportunities and value engineering options.
- Identifies ways to gain a competitive advantage through the delivery of superior levels of service.
- Participate in clarification meetings and negotiations with clients.
- Establishes and develops a wide internal and external network supporting tendering and winning objectives.
- Demonstrates effective management and maintenance of third-party/supply chain relationships that are cost-effective and provide efficient service where applicable.
- Leads secured bid handovers, ensuring the transition of knowledge has been recorded, received, and understood. Actively support the project teams so they fully understand the client design specification, build, suppliers’ quotations, and customer requirements, enabling successful delivery.
- Consults and supports project teams as a subject matter expert (SME), providing the knowledge and expertise in a specific area of skill and experience.
Essential Skills and Experience
- Degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, or related) or Quantity Surveying.
- Experience in bid/tenders within construction, M&E, or data centre projects.
- Strong technical and commercial acumen.
- Ability to lead end-to-end bid lifecycle, from qualification to submission.
- Strong organisational skills to manage multiple deadlines and stakeholders.
- Proven track record managing complex bids or RFP responses in B2B environments.
- IT skills and use of Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, Proje,ct PowerPoint – advanced level)
- Self-driven and motivated, able to work alone or part of a team
- Contributes to the development of the DPI strategy and systems.
- You must maintain and attend to the necessary qualifications.
- The English language is a must; other languages would be desirable.
To Apply
To apply for this position, please send your CV and a cover letter to recruitment@datalecltd.com. For further information, please get in touch with HR on +44 (0) 800 6891318.
About Datalec Precision Installations (DPI)
Datalec Precision Installations provides world-class, global data centre solutions, specialising in M&E and connectivity design, bespoke manufacturing, construction, and installation services. Supported by unmatched technical expertise, we offer consultancy, technical and critical cleaning, electronic security, and managed services to address every data centre need.